NCT04860128

New Technologies as a Tool for Health Promotion in Schoolchildren of Compulsory Secondary Education

Completed NA Last updated 7 September 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Sports technology application in Adolescent Behavior in 400 participants. Completed in 25 June 2022.

Timeline

28 April 2021

Primary endpoint
1 July 2021

25 June 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	400
Start date	28 April 2021
Primary completion	1 July 2021
Estimated completion	25 June 2022
Sites	1 location across Spain

Drugs / interventions tested

• Sports technology application

Conditions studied

• Adolescent Behavior — all drugs for Adolescent Behavior →
• Physical Activity — all drugs for Physical Activity →
• New Technologies — all drugs for New Technologies →

Sponsor

Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Who can join

Adults 12 to 16, any sex, with Adolescent Behavior or Physical Activity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The rapid development of new technologies could be one of the causes that has favored changes in the lifestyle habits of young people. Research carried out to date shows that new technologies could be useful in increasing levels of physical activity and motivation to practice sports. However, these studies have major limitations that make it difficult to generalize the results.

The objectives of the present project are: 1) to determine the influence of the use of new technologies on the levels of sports practice and the physical and psychological health of adolescents; 2) to analyze the effects of a physical-sports activity program that integrates new technologies through mobile applications related to physical exercise on the level of physical activity and the physical and psychological health of adolescents; and 3) to analyze the adherence that this type of program generates in the medium term in adolescents as a function of age and gender.

The project will be divided into two phases. In the first phase, 500 students from the centers of Compulsory Secondary Education will be included, who will undergo physical tests, questionnaires related to sports practice and physical and psychological health, and an anthropometric assessment. In the second phase, an intervention will be carried out with four experimental groups and a control group. The four experimental groups will use different technological applications outside school hours for 12 weeks. Participants will keep a weekly record of physical activity and pre-, post and re-test measurements will be taken to evaluate the efficacy of the sports technology applications in increasing and maintaining physical activity.

Publications & conference data

4 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Physical, Psychological, and Body Composition Differences between Active and Sedentary Adolescents According to the "Fat but Fit" Paradigm.
   Mateo-Orcajada A, Vaquero-Cristóbal R, Esparza-Ros F, Abenza-Cano L. · · 2022 · cited 16× · PMID 36078538 · DOI 10.3390/ijerph191710797
2. Mandatory after-school use of step tracker apps improves physical activity, body composition and fitness of adolescents.
   Mateo-Orcajada A, Abenza-Cano L, Albaladejo-Saura MD, Vaquero-Cristóbal R. · · 2023 · cited 12× · PMID 36714445 · DOI 10.1007/s10639-023-11584-0
3. A mobile app-based intervention improves anthropometry, body composition and fitness, regardless of previous active-inactive status: a randomized controlled trial.
   Gómez-Cuesta N, Mateo-Orcajada A, Meroño L, Abenza-Cano L, et al · · 2024 · cited 5× · PMID 39193194 · DOI 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1380621
4. Adolescents' Assessment of Several Step Tracker Mobile Applications Based on Their Previous Level of Physical Activity.
   Gómez-Cuesta N, Mateo-Orcajada A, Meroño L, Abenza-Cano L, et al · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 40426733 · DOI 10.3390/children12050554